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ohnoyoudidnt

(1,858 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 03:10 PM Oct 2012

Soup Kitchen Loses Donors Because Of Paul Ryan

Soup Kitchen Loses Donors Because Of Paul Ryan – What You Can Do About It
October 18, 2012
By Kimberley Johnson

Last week, Paul Ryan and his campaign forced their way into the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society soup kitchen for a photo-op. Ryan picked up a clean pot and started washing it to prove what a great guy he is. He got caught.

Ryan’s pathetic attempt to appear charitable in order to score votes has backfired—for the charity. The organization that runs the facility told Huffington Post that donors have been pulling their money out of the charity. Huffpost reports: Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, confirmed that donors have begun an exodus in protest over Ryan’s embarrassment. The monetary losses have been big. “It appears to be a substantial amount,” Antal said. “You can rest assured there has been a substantial backlash.” He added “I can’t say how much [in] donations we lost. Donations are a private matter with our organization.”

Whaaaaaaaa? The charity is suffering because Paul Ryan chose to try to fool the American people to prove that he’s such a great guy??

When the story broke, Antal told the Washington Post the photo of Ryan should never have happened. He told the newspaper that Ryan and his team “ramrodded their way” inside and the photo-op was not authorized.

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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/18/soup-kitchen-loses-donors-because-of-paul-ryan-what-you-can-do-about-it/

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Soup Kitchen Loses Donors Because Of Paul Ryan (Original Post) ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2012 OP
Link for online donation plus mail address for checks CurtEastPoint Oct 2012 #1
We gave a little yesterday... ellisonz Oct 2012 #2
I sent them a check Friday. I hope there's a followup story on the oodles of cash they got. CurtEastPoint Oct 2012 #9
Links to donate here: NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #3
Soup Kitchen Polly Hennessey Oct 2012 #4
donated two days ago Fresh_Start Oct 2012 #5
Damn... redStateBlueHeart Oct 2012 #6
Donated ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #7
Millionaire Ryan should give MFM008 Oct 2012 #8
Greatest Page for this very important story! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #10
Wait ... does this mean that the "mean ole liberals" were the ones putting up most of zbdent Oct 2012 #11
No, I think this is catholics and other conservatives withdrawing funding... Raster Oct 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author zbdent Oct 2012 #14
Yes, the soup kitchen and it's president are being PUNISHED... Raster Oct 2012 #12

CurtEastPoint

(18,668 posts)
1. Link for online donation plus mail address for checks
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 03:22 PM
Oct 2012

It is shameful they are losing $$ due to Eddie Munster.

http://mahoningsvdp.org/

or

Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent de Paul Society Mahoning County P.O. Box 224 Youngstown, Ohio 44501. Our PayPal account is attached to bantal@svdpusa.org.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mahoning-County-District-St-Vincent-DePaul-Society/215152125241983?fref=ts

Some wonderful comments there.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
11. Wait ... does this mean that the "mean ole liberals" were the ones putting up most of
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 04:54 PM
Oct 2012

the money for this place? I would think that the conservatives were supposed to be the "more charitable" ones to the poor, they keep harping on how much they "donate" to charity.

If they lost so much due to their association with Lyin' Ryan, and they're trying to blame it on liberals, then that means the liberals, not the conservatives, were the more charitable ones there ...

Raster

(20,998 posts)
13. No, I think this is catholics and other conservatives withdrawing funding...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 06:50 PM
Oct 2012

...because Lyin' Ryan was exposed yet again...(wait for it)... as a LIAR!

Response to Raster (Reply #13)

Raster

(20,998 posts)
12. Yes, the soup kitchen and it's president are being PUNISHED...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 06:47 PM
Oct 2012

...because of a poorly-planned, poorly-staged photo op, and that the president of the kitchen told the truth. THE AUDACITY! Telling the truth about Lyin' Ryan. Irony level ONE.

And this is a St. Vincent De Paul soup kitchen which is a CATHOLIC CHARITY. Irony level two.

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